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corbel
[ kawr-buhl ]
noun
- any bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
- a short horizontal timber supporting a girder.
verb (used with object)
- to set (bricks, stones, etc.) so as to form a corbel or corbels (usually followed by out ).
- to support by means of a corbel or corbels.
corbel
/ ˈkɔːbəl /
noun
- Also calledtruss a bracket, usually of stone or brick
verb
- tr to lay (a stone or brick) so that it forms a corbel
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Origin of corbel1
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Example Sentences
A fine and noteworthy feature in this church is the corbel table which runs nearly all round it.
A legend is connected with a corbel stone near the west end of the north aisle.
The crevice from which he had just issued ended in a narrow and slippery projection, a species of corbel in the peaked wall.
There is also an unbroken corbel table above the windows, of very expressive, life-like heads, no two of which are alike.
Above this is a corbel table of heads and mouldings which interferes with the upper window mouldings.
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